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Circus Circus is a circus-themed hotel and casino located in Reno, Nevada, owned by the MGM Resorts International. The hotel offers 1,572 rooms. The 65,000 sq ft (6,000 m2) casino features free circus acts on a regular basis throughout the day over the midway which also offers 33 carnival games.
Circus Circus is the second largest casino-hotel in downtown by number of rooms.

The main structure was originally built as a Gray, Reid & Wright Department Store which, at the time, was the only department store in the state of Nevada. Originally opened on November 7, 1957, the structure replaced a prior store location which was destroyed by a gas explosion on February 5, 1957 and is now the site of the Palladio condominiums. The new store contained 40,000 square feet (3,700 m2) of retail space and 6,000 feet (1,800 m) of storage space in a basement and 2 retail floors accessible by escalators, and had 45 departments including an electronics shop selling televisions and radios, a bookstore, record store, and wine shop, as well as a restaurant, beauty salon, and cobbler. 1977 brought about plans to enlarge the store, adding 2 additional floors, 102 hotel rooms, and a casino. The casino would have been known as Camp 14, and would have had a logging theme. The south portion of the first floor would have remained under the name Grey Reid's, but would sell only woman's clothing, and would contain an expanded beauty salon. The plan never materialized, and Grey Reid's moved to a new location in the Old Town Mall (now known as the Reno Town Mall) in July of that year. Instead, the owners were approached by CIRCO Resorts, then operating company of Circus Circus Las Vegas. After about a year of renovations, the casino opened on July 1, 1978, about a decade after its Las Vegas counterpart, and on the same day as the opening of the Sahara Reno (now the Montage condominiums) and the opening of the expansion of the Money Tree. Circus Circus Reno was inspired by the gaming boom spurred by the new MGM Grand in Reno, casino companies wanted to gain some of that momentum. The Reno Circus opened with a small hotel and very similar attractions to its Las Vegas counterpart.
In 1981, the hotel's 21-story North Tower opened, followed by the 28-story SkyTower in 1986. In 1995, extensive renovations were completed, including the remodel of the mezzanine level where the restaurants are located, the midway, and a skybridge connecting to the Silver Legacy
In 2008, Circus Circus had planned on adding an indoor swimming pool. Until the opening of the Silver Legacy in 1995, guests at Circus Circus did not have access to swimming facilities. According to a rendering on the Circus Circus website, the pool would have been under a glass canopy, placed atop the skybridge tram station. As of July 2010, construction has yet to begin. In addition, all references to the project on the resort's website have been removed. It is unlikely Circus Circus Reno will ever be remodeled by MGM Resorts International in the near term as they had planned on selling it and while no one will comment on the situation, Circus Circus Reno is likely still on the market.